Thanksgiving Harvest Competition 2006

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The Theme
The theme of the Thanksgiving Harvest Homebrew Competition is simple: Harvest Season and Thanksgiving. Any game or demo that has a turkey, cornucopia, thanksgiving holiday related food, autumn leaves, pilgrims, etc. in it would meet the theme.

Official Rules
The Thanksgiving Harvest Homebrew Competition is a means of providing the Nintendo DS homebrew community a platform for friendly competition around a common theme. Only Nintendo DS game or demos adhering to the theme will be considered. All games and demos entered must not contain any pre-existing game code or pre-existing demo code. Any entry is allowed to use universally available pre-existing non-game and non-demo code, such as the libraries libnds, pa_lib, libfat, and libwifi. All games and demos must not contain pre-existing content. Any entries submitted after November 20th, 2006 at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) will not be considered. Entries not adhering to the submission rules will not be considered.

Winners will be announced by November 23rd, 2006 by midnight GMT. Entries will be judged on creativity, adherence to the theme (festiveness), execution, and polish.

How to submit
Email your submissions to compo [at] kraln (dot] com. Include your binary and a quick readme which should include a brief overview of what it is exactly that you are submitting.
Make an archive with the .nds file in zip or tar format. The inclusion of source code is recommended but not required. Please note that all entries, including source code, will be made available to the general public at compo end. If you do not want your source code distributed, do not submit it with your entry.

Prizes
1st Prize: $50 USD
2nd Prize: $25 USD
3rd Prize: $15 USD

Wildcard: $10 USD

Prizes subject to change (we expect more prizes). Quebec residents are ineligible for prizes.

Details for coders at link above